Birds and Other Wild Life (Protection of)(Amendment) Ordinance, 1964 (No. 26 of 1964)

~;I<ENAI)A OIU>lNANCE 1'10. 26 OF }l)h-t I. (i, 'I U R I!(}'j T, 1,1,111111 ,lUI tor. An Ordinance to amend the Birds ani] Other Wild Life (Projection of) Ordinance (Cap. %). Enacted hy the LCl!islalme ()\, (ildlada. , I. This Ordlnauce I\H\Y he cited as the BU~DS AND onu:« WILD LlI,'E (PROTI;(TION Ol~') (AM El,h)M EN'I:;OR 1)1 NAN( 'I~: 1904, ~.;, L l :." . '. .<-~ ." .."' ,md sllidl be read a~ ouc wilh the Birds and Other Wild Life (protection of) Ordinance. hereinafter referred to ,!S the principal Ordinance. Short title. Clp.36. 2. 'The principal Ordirumce is hereby amended by Amendment of the addition (hereto PI' the l'nllowin,l'. sl'diiins principal Ordi nunce, "Protection tll lobsters, 16·,-( I) Any person who shall expose for ~t\le, t-.dl, buy or have in his possession any lobster t)f less than one pound in weigh! Of InC<bt\hng less than nine inches ill total body length shall be guilty or ;'!1 offence ug..m\~l this Ordinance. provided that it 82 Ord. 26 Hirds and oilier lV£ld L~le iProtection (~f) 19Ut , Close season for lobsters. shall not be an offence for anyone to have in his possession lobsters of less than one pound if such lobsters are certified by the Superintendent of Agriculture as being kept or intended to be kept in a lobster farm in which they will be raised to a weight of not less than one pound. (2) Any person who shall at any time take, catch, destroy, have in possession, sell, expose or offer for sale in any place whatsoever any female lobster when the same shall be found to be carrying eggs, .shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance. (3) Any person who shall at any. time catch, take or find caught in any of his fishing gear or other apparatus any female lobster when the same shall be fonnd to be carrying eggs shall immediately return the said lobster unharmed into the sea or else be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance. 17-( I) There shall be a close season for lobster which shall extend from 'the first day of May to the thirtieth day of Septem ber in each year. (2) Any person who shall (ll) take, catch, destroy, or buy; or (h) have in his possession, sell, expose or offer for sale any lobster during the close season for the same, shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinanccl (3) It shall be it defence (the burden of proof whereof shall lie on the person charged) to show (0) in respect of a charge laid under paragraph (a) of the preceding subsection that the said lobster was taken, caught, destroyed or bought outside the Colony or before vthe commencement of the close • season; 1964 lJird.c; and other wiut.u, (Pro/.chon of) o-a. f2(J 83 (b) in respect of a charge laid under paragraph (h) of the said subsection that the lob ster in his possession or sold or exposed or offered for sale was obtained outside the Colony or before the com mencement of the said close season. . (4) The Administrator in Council may by order published in the Gazette alter the date of the close season for lobsters. ~1. No person shall export lobsters Exportation from the Colony during the close season, of lobsters. and lobsters shall only be exported on a licence granted by the Minister for Trade and Production in the Form in the Schedule hereto. (2) Any person contravening the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance." GRENADA SCHEDULE (Section 18). LICENCE TO EXPORT LOBSTERS In accordance with the provisions of section 18 of the Birds and Other Wild Life (Protection of) Ordinance (Cap. 36), licence is hereby granted to of . to export not more than pounds 01 lobsters during the period from 1st October, ]9 to 30th April, 19 Minister. Passed by the Legislative Council this 13th day of August, ]964. CURTIS V. STRACl-IAN, Clerk of the Legislative Council. GItENADA. PRINTED BY THE GOVIlRNMENT PRINTER, AT TIIB GOVEItNML:Nl PRINTING OFFICB. sr. GLOI{(jE'S, 1964.